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>   I am not the guru that Steven is, but I wonder if what you are seeing
> with a black-on-black Opera isn't connected with an unsuitable colour
> depth in the X server.   It has been a feature of some of my BL setups
> that if I don't match the colour depth of the X server with the
> requirements of the graphical programs I run, then I get some very odd
> things happen with colour.

I think it is just a buggy early version of X_SVGA.  It works fine with 
some cards and badly with others which don't have as good VESA support.  I 
had problems with S3 though it is on the list, even in BL2.


>   I don't think that is right.  Opera should be good in BL3.
>
>
> > I really do need a capable graphical browser like Opera on this machine.
>
>   For most things, I find Links to be fast and good.
I keep running into sites where I need more javascript (such as Palm 
download page).


>  When you first started posting to this list, I was of the opinion that
> BL2 would be the way to go if I was in your position. I haven't changed
> my opinion. With BL2, you can run not only Opera, but also Phoenix and
> Netscape and Dillo.
>
>  I will see if I can install Opera onto my BL3.4 setup.

It works for me with all my desktop setups except for the Trident and S3 
cards on certain computers.   Sindi


> Regards,
>        Ron
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